Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 2,158 m in Wyoming. Medicine Butte stands 2,621 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Butte, a peak 7.8 miles away. Muddy Creek Historic Backway passes 11 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069964, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,158 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Muddy Creek Historic Backway
- 16.3 mi off the Bridger Valley Historic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway - WY Section
- 26.2 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
63 named places within 25 miles
- Bell Butte: 7.8 mi
- Bald Knoll: 10.2 mi
- South Sheep Mountain: 11.2 mi
- North Sheep Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Medicine Butte: 12.6 mi
- Grove Spring: 10.2 mi
- School Section Spring: 11.9 mi
- Section 2 Spring: 13.5 mi
- Crompton Spring: 13.6 mi
- Foote Spring: 14.1 mi
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site: 16.4 mi
- Hamblin Park: 17.8 mi
- Anderson Park: 18.9 mi
- Ottley Park: 19.7 mi
- Mountain View Park: 22.7 mi
- Crockers Point: 12.9 mi
- Skull Point: 17.3 mi
- Windy Point: 24.1 mi
- Rocky Point: 24.6 mi
- Evanston Flying Club Airfield: 17.4 mi
- Jim Bridger's Fort: 18.3 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 18.5 mi
- Bear River City: 21.6 mi
- Piedmont: 16.4 mi
- Bear River City: 21.0 mi
- Evanston Information Center: 17.5 mi
- Lyman Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Fort Bridger Museum: 18.4 mi
- Uinta County Museum: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Butte | WSW 238° | 2,621 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chapman Butte | SSE 168° | 2,563 m | 21.7 mi |
| Twenty Knoll | S 184° | 2,528 m | 24.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,510 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bridger Hill | NW 318° | 2,501 m | 18.6 mi |
| South Sheep Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,496 m | 11.2 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NW 305° | 2,488 m | 14.4 mi |
| Dans Nipple | SSE 154° | 2,470 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:19 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:12 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Evanston 1 E, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1593670 — Round Mountain, Uinta County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356503739
Day trips start here
- Lyman · 23 mi
- Fossil Butte National Monument · 29 mi
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